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ISSUED BY 

LAND DEPARTMENT 

OF THE 

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and 

Little Rock & Fort Smith Railways 

Little Rock, Arkansas 



NORTHEAST 
ARKANSAS 




WORLD'S FAIR 
INDUSTRIAL 
SERIES — No. 9 
3rd edition 


BY S. L. KAY 



Issued by LAND DEPARTMENT of the St. Louis 
Iron Mountain & Southern and Little Rock 
& Fort Smith Railways, Little Rock, Arkansas 




In the early days of the old world, away back in the dim days 
of history's dawn, humanity spread in all directions from the 
cradle of the race, by means of a series of migratory waves. In 
those ages the impulses and habits of man were savage and cruel, 
"might made right," and the weak had no valid claim upon the 
consideration of the strong. When the old home became too 
small to accommodate the people of a nation, swarming occurred, 
as a result of some internal influence, and a portion of the inhabi- 
tants, often numbering many thousands, detached themselves in a 
body, and taking their families and movable possessions with 
them, poured out into the wilderness or territory of neighboring 
tribes, slaying or driving out the people, and confiscating thei^ 
property and lands. Violence and conquest accompanied each 
migratory movement, national wealth was usually accumulated by 
wholesale murder, pillage and robbery, and the new home was 
wrested by force from the former owner. 

These were the attributes and the practices of the ancient 
home-seeker. 

Times and customs have changed, and in this particular our 
race is infinitely the gainer. Now the people of the new or sparsely 
settled country advertise for and invite the conquest, and when 
the wave of immigration appears, the "guest chamber is made 
ready and the feast spread." This is the yankee way, and this is 



the plan that is now being pursued by the people of Northeast 
Arkansas to induce the good people of all the older sections of our 
country to come here for new and prosperous homes. 

In order to induce investigation it is not necessary to extol the 
fertility of our soils, the salubrity of our climate nor to point out 
our close proximity to market, for everybody who has ever given 
a thought to seeking a new home, already understands these for- 
tunate features of our State. We will therefore confine ourselves 
in this pamphlet, to a brief description of a few of the northeast- 
ern counties of Arkansas, naming and describing the many good 
cities and towns located there, together with a general statement 
of the various lines of farming and other industries which are best 
adapted to, and most profitable in each special neighborhood. 

We will try to make these statements as accurate and compre- 
hensive as possible, keeping constantly in view the interests and 
desires of the Homeseeker, in whose hands we place these pages, 
to be to him a guide and not an advertisement. 




NORTHEAST 
ARKANSAS 




CLAY COUNTY. 

Area, 649 Square Miles. Population, 15,886. County Seats, Corning and 
Piggott. Railway Lands for Sale, 11,000 Acres. 

This is the northeast corner county of Arkansas. The soil 
is a limestone silt, liberally mixed with dark sand, resting on a 
subsoil of red clay. The surface runs from gently rolling in the 
center to flat in both the east and west sections, with sufficient 
elevation in all parts for drainage purposes. Timber growth, oak, 
gum, hickory, elm, sycamore and cottonwood, with a sprinkling of 
poplar and walnut. Farm products are corn, wheat, oats, rye, 
millet, sorghum, cotton, potatoes, melons and vegetables. Early 
apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes and small fruits. It is a good 
general stock country, and horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry 
are successfully raised. Wild game is plentiful and the county is 
famous for its fishing. Corning, with a population of 784 and 
Piggott with 495 are the county seats and are both railroad towns. 

Railroad lands range in price from $3.50 for the poorest and 
most remote up to $15.00 per acre for the most desirable. These 
prices may be considered as a basis upon which to estimate the 
value of improved lands, by adding to them the value of improve- 
ments. The industrial future of this county will be purely agri- 
cultural. 



RANDOLPH COUNTY. 

Area, 644 Square Miles. Population. 17,156. County Seat, Pocahontas 
Railway Lands for Sale, 9,360 Acres. 

Randolph county borders on the Missouri line, and is second 
from the Mississippi river. Its surface ranges from gently to heav- 
ily rolling and is crossed by several v^ide river and creek valleys. 
The soil comes largely from the disintegration of heavy deposits 
of limestone and is mixed with sand and generally underlaid by 
clay. 

The minerals found wathin the county are, iron, lead, zinc, 
marble, limestone and valuable brick and tile clays. 

All grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables which were men- 
tioned as adapted to the foregoing county also do well here. 
Heavy breeds of domestic animals do well below the stone levels, 
while lighter varieties are better suited to the higher altitudes. 
Game and fish are still plentiful. Pocahontas is the county seat 
and principal town and has a population of about i,ooo. There 
are few negroes in the county. Heavy German colonies, both of 
Catholic and Protestant, are fast buying up and improving the 
available lands, prices of which range at from $3.50 to $10.00 per 
acre according to soil, location and value of timber growth. Im- 
proved lands may be had by paying an additional price to cover 
cost of improvements. 

Farming, fruit raising, mining and manufacturing will all 
figure as important industries in the future of this locality. 



GREENE COUNTY. 

Area, 544 Square Miles. Population. 16,979. County Seat, Paragould. 
Railway Lands for Sale, 18,360 Acres. 

Greene county lies south of Clay and the St. Francis river 
forms its eastern boundary. Its surface is mostly level but is 
crossed from north to south, near the center, by Crowley's Ridge, 
which rises to an elevation of from 30 to 60 feet above the bottom 
lands on either side. The soil on the ridge is a dark clay loam, 
with enough of sand intermixed to make it work easily, while the 
bottom lands are covered by a deep, dark alluvium. The subsoil 
is of red and yellow clay. The timber growth is the same as that 



of Clay county, consisting entirely of hard wood. A long list of 
farm products are profitably grown, consisting of everything that 
can be grown on this latitude in the Union. It is a fine live stock 
country. Large game is becoming scarce but small game is plen- 
tiful and fishing is fine. The county is crossed by the Cache river. 
Both the St. Louis, Iron-Mountain and Southern and the St. Louis, 
Southwestern railroads cross the county and give it first-class 
railroad privileges. 

Paragould, the county seat, is a fine city of about 4,500 popu- 
lation, located in a high, sightly place on the east slope of Crow- 
ley's Ridge, and has fine schools, many churches and all modern 
public improvements. Delaplaine and Marmaduke are also rail- 
road towns and good trading points. The population of this 
county is nearly all vv^hite and comes from almost every State in 
the Union. Land prices range at from $3.50 to $15.00 for wild 
land, improved farms in proportion. These prices are too low- 
when the earning capacity of the soil and the desirability of the 
location are considered, for the lands will, under operation, pay a 
fair income on $50.00 per acre. Agriculture will always be the 
leading industry of the people. 



LAWRENCE COUNTY. 

Area, 589 Square Miles. Population. 16,491. County Seats, Walnut 
Ridge and Powhatan. Railwaj' Lands for Sale, 9,350 Acres. 

Lawrence county is one of the leading counties of Northeast- 
ern Arkansas and varies in surface from mountainous in the west 
fo great stretches of fine bottom land in the east. The soil varies 
with the surface from clay loam to rich, deep alluvial deposits. 
Subsoil is red and yellow clay and in the western part is often un- 
derlaid on the plateaus by immense beds of limestone and marble. 
Iron, zinc and lead are found and manganese, phosphate and sul- 
phur are probabilities. The full list of farm products mentioned 
in connection with other counties in the vicinity thrive here. Her 
soil and the water supply is unexcelled in both quality and quan- 
tity. All the leading farms are supplied with drive wells that are 
inexhaustable. Timothy, clover, alfalfa, Kentucky blue grass and 



all the other leading- pasture and meadow grasses do well. It is a 
first-class live stock country. 

The Black river flowing through the center of the county is a 
fine navigable stream, while the Cache in the eastern section and 
the Strawberry river in the west end are also splendid streams. 
Game and fish are plentiful and fine camping places are found 
everywhere. The county is crossed by the main lines of both the 
Iron Mountain and Frisco systems which give first-class, compe't- 
ing service to all leading markets. Walnut Ridge is the leading 
city, with a population of more than i,ioo, is located on the Iron 
Mountain Railway near Hoxie, its junction with the Frisco where 
a division station and round house is maintained by the former 
road. Other towns are Minturn, Alicia, Powhatan and Black 
Rock. It may not be amiss to state here that the little city of 
Walnut Ridge is conspicuous for its neat, clean, thriving appear- 
ance. It is a first-class point for either a home or business loca- 
tion and on account of its exceptionally fortunate railroad facili- 
ties is destined to become a very important city. A heavy move- 
ment of settlement from the States of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, 
Illinois, Iowa and Missouri has been centering in the vicinity for 
several months past. Many fine farms are being opened up by 
the new citizens and prices of farm lands are beginning to rise as 
a result. There is but very little negro population in Lawrence 
county, and as the present movement is entirely of whites who 
have not been accustomed to managing colored help it is safe to 
say that few negroes will ever live there. There is scarcely a line 
of rural industry which is not adapted to Lawrence county. 



SHARP COUNTY. 

Area, 606 Square Miles. Population, 17,199. County Seats, Hardy and 
Evening Shade. Railroad Lands for Sale, 1,292 Acres. 

This county lies almost entirely outside of the limits of the 
Iron Mountain Railway land grant, hence the small acreage of 
land owned by the company. It lies in a section that is generally 
mountainous, but is crossed by several rich valleys and the plateau 
lands are very productive. The soil is from limestone formation 



and underlaid by a good foundation of clay and stone. The tim- 
ber consists of an almost endless variety of growth, mostly hard- 
wood with a sprinkling of walnut and red cedar. Iron, zinc, lead, 
marble, limestone, phosphate rock and manganese are the mineral 
deposits which occur. Where the surface is smooth enough for 
farming, fine yields of all crops are secured. Fruits, especially 
apples and stone fruits, are profitable. Live stock of all kinds do 
well. Game and fish are plentiful and beautiful scenery adds much 
to the general attractiveness of the locality. The north end of the 
county is crossed by a railroad, thus giving a market outlet for 
products. Hardy is the leading town and Evening Shade is also a 
thriving place. Population is almost entirely white and of native 
and northern birth. Land prices are low, owing to lack of rail- 
road facilities. The section is best adapted to fruit growing, but 
fine productive grain lands are found on the smoother plateaus 
and broader valleys. The mineral deposits will form the basis of 
great industries as soon as they are reached by transportation. 



CRAIGHEAD COUNTY. 

Area, 6S2 Square Miles. Population, 19,505. County Seats, Jonesboro 
and Lake City. Railroad Lands for Sale, 2,960 Acres. 

This county lies about thirty-five miles south of the Missouri 
line and the same distance west of the Mississippi river. Crow- 
ley's Ridge passes through the center from north to south, divid- 
ing it into two almost equal sections. That on the east contains 
the greater portion of the "sunk land" district, which is drained by 
the St. Francis River, while the part lying west of the ridge com- 
prises the wide, rich valley of the Cache River. Both these divi- 
sions are low and level and must be drained by deepening and 
straightening the channels of the two streams. When this is ac- 
complished the whole face of the county will be a veritable garden 
of fertility. The steam shovel will make more millionaires in this 
and surrounding counties than all other industries combined. All 
the native and cultivated products of the soil which are adapted 
to the normal conditions of the section, do well in Craighead 
county. Architectural clays of fine quality and a superior variety 



of yellow ocher are found. Live stock, from horses to poultry, 
does well. Plenty of game and fine fishing are among the attrac- 
tions. Three systems of railroad traverse the county, all centering 
at Jonesboro, the chief city, where a population of 4,508 forms a 
busy, modern center. About 80 per cent, of the population is 
white, many of whom are Germans from the northern states and 
Germany. Land prices run from $3.00 up, and the destiny of the 
county is an agricultural paradise. 



JACKSON COUNTY. 

Area, 643 Square Miles. Population, 18,383. County Seat, Newport. 
Railroad Lands for Sale, 18,660 Acres. 
Located in the center of northeast Arkansas, touched by three 
navigable streams and crossed by two independent railway sys- 
tems with a surface just right for farming and a soil of inexhaust- 
able fertility, the great wonder is that land in this splendid county 
can be bought so cheap. The great forest of valuable woods is 
fast yielding place to fine fields of cotton, corn, wheat, oats, pota- 
toes, and almost any other crops her people choose to plant. Fine 
herds of blooded cattle, hogs and sheep are found about the homes 
of the leading farmers, and orchards of fine fruits lend an air of 
luxury and ease to their surroundings. Game is fast stepping 
aside to give place to domestic animals, but fish are plentiful and 
many well stocked lakes and streams are well known to lovers of 
the sport in other States. Newport is a city of more than 4,000 
people, and is rapidly expanding in population, trade and manu- 
factures. Other towns are Swifton, Tuckerman and Jacksonport. 
A heavy colored population is employed on the great cotton plan- 
tations of the county, but they form an unimportant factor as com- 
pared with the total population. Lands can be had at from $5.00 
to $15.00 per acre. Because of its location at the entrance of the 
Grand Scenic Valley of the upper White river, its many miles of 
railway and navigable stream, together with the home products of 
its forests and fertile soil Jackson county and the city of Newport 
are destined to great industrial development in many lines, and 
no one who is in search of a home or a business location will be 
disappointed if be locates here. 



INDEPENDENCE COUNTY. 

Area, 779 Square Miles. Population, 22,557. County Seat, Batesville. 
Railroad Lands for Sale, 25,586 Acres. 

Bisected by the White river and bounded on the east by the 
Black, both navigable, traversed by the new, through line (White 
River Branch) of the Iron Mountain Railway. With a grandness 
of mountain scenery, with fertile soils from plateau to valley, with 
great deposits of phosphate rock, manganese, marble, limestone 
and iron, the attractions and possibilities of this county are won- 
derful. The bit of scenery shown in our frontispiece — Penters 
Bluff, with a glimpse of the river and distant peaks in the back- 
ground — is located on the New White River Line, and the photo 
was taken from the back platform of the train while passing 
through this county. The tops of the mountains form broad, fer- 
tile plateaus adapted to the raising of all crops and particularly 
excel in fruit production Live stock does well and outside pas- 
tures are fine. There is no need to mention game or fish or camp 
life in this connection, for a glance at our frontispiece tells to the 
sportsman a story which can not be told in words. 

Batesville, the county seat, has a population of more than 
2,500 and is one of the leading educational centers of Arkansas. 
Other promising towns are Moorefield, Newark and Mount Olive. 
The people of Independence county are thoroughly alive to the 
possibilities in store for the locality and are willing and anxious 
to lend a helping hand in the interest of progress and to welcome 
the new comer, who visits the county in search of a home. 



POINSETT COUNTY. 

Area, 727 Square Miles. Population, 7,025. County- 
Seat, Harrisburg. 

Is located almost entirely outside the limits of the Iron Moun- 
tain land grant, and that road never had a large acreage of lands 
in this county. With the exception of a narrow strip extending 
north and south across the center of the county, the surface is low 
and level, but is all drainable and will develop rapidly into fine 
farms. The soil is mostly alluvial and very rich. Subsoil yellow 



and red clay. Like her neighbor counties in the flat sections her 
timber growth has been superb, and of great economic value. The 
products of the soil are raised with great profit and nearly the en- 
tire acreage of the county is fertile, yielding all farm crops in pro- 
fusion. The county is at present noted for its live stock, the great 
woods pastures being utilized to some extent by the residents. 
Game and fish are plentiful. Harrisburg is the chief town and 
claims 500 inhabitants. Greenfield and Weiner are also growing 
villages. A heavier negro population is found in this than in pre- 
ceding counties owing to a considerable area being utilized for 
cotton growing. Lands are very cheap, but are good in quality 
and prices will rise rapidly with demand. The county is fitted for 
general farming and its future wealth will be dug from the soil. 



CROSS COUNTY. 

Area. 629 Square Miles. Population, 11,051. County 
Seat, Wynne. 

Lies south of Poinsett, about one-third of the area is gently roll- 
ing, the balance lies low and level, with just sufficient elevation 
and slope to permit of easy drainage. The soil is alluvial and un- 
derlaid by red and yellow clay. Fine drinking water is secured 
everywhere at depths ranging from sixteen to sixty feet. Drive 
wells can be procured in all sections except along the summit of 
Crowley's Ridge. Good brick clays are found in many places. 
While fine, hardwood timber is the rule all over the section, that 
of eastern Cross county is noted as being especially heavy. Cot- 
ton, corn, cane, wheat, oats, rye, red and crimson clover, alfalfa, 
timothy and other grasses are successfully produced. All fruits 
adapted to the latitude, and the various kinds of live stock are 
raised. Game is still plentiful in the most thinly settled parts and 
fish fill all the fine rivers, creeks and lakes of the section. The 
county is most fortunate in transportation facilities, having two 
lines of the Iron Mountain system and the main line of the Cotton 
Belt. White inhabitants are largely in the majority, the negroes 
being employed almost exclusively in the cotton fields and as 
heavy laborers about the many saw mills. Wild lands range in 
price from $3.50 to $10.00. This county is destined to become very 




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important in agricultural industry, and great activity in drainage 
work has begun. Wynne is the leading city, at the junction of two 
branches of the Iron ]\Iountain system, is a division station and 
has a population of nearly 2,000. 



WOODRUFF COUNTY. 

Area, 593 Square Miles. Population, 16,304. County Seat, Augusta. 
Railroad Lands for Sale, 2,958 Acres. 

Lies west of Cross county and east of the White river. Its 
surface is low and level. Soil alluvial. Almost the entire area of 
the county is fine cotton or corn land. The timber consists of the 
various hard woods native to the section, with cypress and tupello 
gum swamps skirting the streams. Products are the same as in 
the preceding county, game abounds in the wild districts. Au- 
gusta is the leading town and AlcCrory is a good business point. 
Land values range higher than in some of the neighboring coun- 
ties, and heavy acreages of cotton and corn have been raised for 
many years. 



WHITE COUNTY. 

Area, 1,035 Square Miles. Population, 24,864. County Seat, Searcy. 
Railroad Lands for Sale, 61,158 Acres. 

Beginning at the W'hite river this great county runs west for 
nearly forty miles, the surface gradually rising until an elevation 
of nearly a thousand feet is reached. The soil is as varied as the 
surface and is adapted to an equally varied list of products. It is 
often said in connection with the productiveness of this region, 
"raise anything possible in the Southwest and we will duplicate it 
in White county, Arkansas." That pi.rt which lies adjacent to the 
Iron Mountain Railway and near the cities of Beebe and Judsonia 
has become famous for market gardening and small fruits, while 
near the city of Searcy large orchards of pears and peaches are 
now being planted. Transportation facilities are first-class and all 
lines of industry are fostered. 



The chief cities are Searcy, Beebe, Judsonia and Bald Knob, 
At Beebe heavy settlements are being made by people from Ten- 
nessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and the Northwest. 
There are but few negroes in this county. The people are pros- 
perous, energetic and progressive and unite upon and push every 
proposition which is for the public good. This is an extra desir- 
able locality in which to locate a home or place an investment in 
land, as prices are now far below the figure where the fertility of 
the soil combined with the high character of the people will ulti- 
mately fix them. 



CLEBURNE COUNTY. 

Area, 635 Square Miles. Population, 9,628. County 
Seat, Heber. 

Located entirely within the Boston Mountains, its surface 
consists of broad plateaus, separated by deep, broad valleys. The 
Little Red river cuts Cleburne county into two nearly equal sec- 
tions, from which stream the country rises in both directions un- 
til an elevation of about i,ooo feet is reached. Through the disin- 
tegration of the local deposits of sandstone together with silt, 
from limestone and phosphate rock deposits further up the 
streams, a fine alluvial soil has been formed in the valleys, while 
the plateau soils are rich in potash, iron and humus and a combi- 
nation, upland and valley place, in this section would be hard to 
beat for general purpose farming. The uplands are especially 
adapted to fruit and live stock, at the same time producing good 
crops of wheat and fair yields of corn, oats and cotton, while the 
valley soils are the finest for general grain raising. The timber of 
this county is mostly hard wood, but there is a sprinkling of pine 
on the uplands. Like all her sister counties, Cleburne is a paradise 
for the sportsman and angler. She has no navigable water nor as 
yet railroads, although a line is now projected down the valley of 
the Little Red river, which will no doubt be completed within the 
next year. 

The crowning glory of this country is her magnificent medic- 
inal waters and healing springs, which, notwithstanding their isola- 



tion and remoteness from transportation, have already become 
noted and much frequented by the afflicted from other States, 
The population of this county is exclusively white. Deeded lands 
can be had at from $3.00 to $10.00 per acre and government lands 
are yet obtainable in the more remote parts. 



LONOKE COUNTY. 

Area, 784 Square Miles. Population, 22,544. County Seat, Lonoke. 
Railroad Lands for Sale, 6,260 Acres. 

Located near the center of the State, its surface generally 
level or very gently rolling with sufficient elevation to permit of 
easy drainage, a soil rendered rich by receiving the wash from 
the mountain districts further west. This is one of the most fer- 
tile counties of this section of the State. All grains, cotton, vegeta- 
bles and small fruits are raised. Dairying for the Little Rock and 
Hot Springs city market is an important industry. Rice growing 
has also been tried and found successful. Live stock of all kinds 
does well and some of the best equipped breeding farms of the 
State are located here. Lonoke, Carlisle, Austin, Cabot and Eng- 
land are the leading towns. A heavy colored population occupies 
the large cotton plantations in the southern part, but in the cen- 
tral and northern sections the people are nearly all white. Lands 
range in price from $3.50 to $30.00, according to soil, location and 
improvements. General farming, dairying and stock raising w\\\ 
always be the leading industries. 



PULASKI COUNTY. 

Area, 788 Square Miles. Population, 63,179. State Capital and County- 
Seat, Little Rock. Railroad Lands for Sale, 50,510 Acres. 

Located in the exact center of the State. The surface varies 
from mountainous in the western to low and level in the eastern 
part . Has a great variety of soil and subsoil adapted to the suc- 
cessful production of a correspondingly large variety of products. 
The city of Little Rock, with more than 50,000 population, forms a 



local market which renders the industries of truck gardening, fruit 
raising and dairying very profitable. Along the Arkansas river are 
some of the finest cotton and corn lands in the world. The tim- 
ber growth, which consists of both hard woods and pine is fast dis- 
appearing. Owing to its prominence as a railroad center Little 
Rock is fast becoming an important manufacturing and wholesale 
point and with these facts in view land prices ranging all the way 
from $5.00 to $25.00 for railroad lands to $60.00 per acre for the 
best of improved farms may be considered ridiculously cheap. 

The principal minerals found in this county are bauxite, from 
which aluminum is secured, heavy deposits of which are found 
and worked in the southern and southwestern section. Lead and 
zinc, in small quantities in the northwest corner. Iron in the west, 
plumbago, slate, soapstone, potters clay and superior granite in 
three colors. There are also indications of coal, copper, silver and 
petroleum. 

Farmers, stockmen, gardeners, manufacturers, miners, quarry- 
men, laborers, professional men and capitalists, will alike find this 
county a profitable and satisfactory place to locate. 



THE WHITE RIVER VALLEY. 

There is perhaps no section of the United States which is at 
the present time exciting deeper and more wide-spread interest, 
than the wonderful Valley of this great river. Since the beginning 
of construction of the new White River Branch of the St. Louis, 
Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, from Batesville, Arkansas, 
to Carthage, Missouri, the attention of the public has for the first 
time been attracted to the grand scenic features of this region. 
Leaving the city of Newport, where this line branches off from 
the Iron Mountain main line, the route for about twenty-five miles 
lies in the midst of gently rolling lands, dotted here and there with 
well tilled fields and well filled pastures. Several small villages 
are passed; then we reach the beautiful city of Batesville with its 
fine business blocks, comfortable homes and many churches and 
colleges. Leaving here we suddenly plunge into the depths of the 
rugged and grand. The road hugs the base of the clififs along the 



margin of the river bottom, often where the crystal waters wash 
the precipice, excavations were necessary under the ledges for the 
road bed. From the first entrance into the mountains, ever chang- 
ing objects of interest succeed each other so rapidly that the tour- 
ist is bewildered and lost in admiration. As we pass on the grand- 
eur increases, the colorings of foliage and rocks become more 
varied and each succeeding promonotory becomes loftier until 
their summits seem to pierce the clouds. Nor are the wonders of 
this region confined to the roadbed or river front. On the con- 
trary, the unaccountable and mysterious works and formations of 
nature are multiplied as you leave the valleys and penetrate the nar- 
row, dark chasms of the interior, or stroll over the broad plateaus, 
where awe-inspiring and interesting objects constantly cluster 
around you. There are many caves of strange and varied charac- 
ter. Some filled with stalactites and stalagmites. Some strewn 
with diamond covered objects resembling animals, buildings, 
altars and household furniture. Others contain streams and lakes. 
Some known as blowing caves which inhale and exhale, and seem 
to be "old earth's breathing holes." Others are inhabited by myr- 
iads of bats and all are filled with strange noises, echoes and sound 
reverberations which strike terror into the average heart. Few of 
these caves have been explored throughout, and stand there 
flaunting a perpetual challenge in the face of every visitor. There 
are the chimney rocks, natural castles and haystack rocks, inviting 
the learned of the world to hazzard a "guess" at the "secret of 
their presence" and formation. Crystal springs, pools and 
streams, with fern covered and grassy banks, cool shady nooks 
where leisure hours may be pleasantly passed are among the at- 
tractions for the pleasure seeker of this Arkansas Wonderland. 

Let us now view the substantial side. Let us glance at the 
broad valleys covered deep in their inexhaustable, alluvial soils; 
let us ascend the mountain and view as far as the eye can reach 
on every side the great stretches of gently undulating plateau 
lands, rich as a garden and adapted to prolific production of all 
the crops native to our latitude. There the apple, peach, pear, 
cherry, grape and a long list of small fruits and vegetables, mature 
in premium taking quality. Scan the slopes and cliffs and behold 
the great masses of iron, lead, zinc, manganese, phosphate rock. 



limestone, marble and countless other minerals only waiting for 

your enterprise and industry to transform your "time into 

money." 

***** 

We can only add, your presence is requested at your own leis- 
ure, to come and view these things with your own eyes. 



RAILROAD LANDS. 

The St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern and Little Rock &c 
Fort Smith Railways own nearly two million acres of land in the 
State of Arkansas, which are offered to actual settlers at low 
prices and on easy terms. These lands lie in the counties of Clay, 
Randolph, Greene, Lawrence, Sharp, Craighead, Jackson, Inde- 




Map showing tlie Iron Mountain and Little Rock and Fort Smitti 
Railroad Land Grants. 

pendence. Woodruff, White, Cleburne, Prairie, Lonoke, Pulaski, 
Saline, Grant, Garland, Hot Spring, Dallas, Clark, Pike, Howard, 
Sevier, Hempstead, Nevada, Ouachita, Little River, ]\Iiller, Lafay- 
ette, Faulkner, Perry, Conway, Van Buren, Pope, Johnson, Yell, 
Logan, Franklin, Crawford and Sebastian, and comprise lands of 



every description. For information relative to dates and route of 
land excursions, the reader is requested to correspond with any of 
the agents named on pages 31 and 32 of this pamphlet. 



COME TO ARKANSAS. 

Since its admission into the Union, Arkansas has never ceased 
to advance. She has never had a boom; she has never had a set- 
back. Her natural resources are so great and varied in their char- 
acter, so strong and far-reaching in their attractiveness, that im- 
migration has, through all the years, come to her in a steady 
stream and, like her great rivers, it never flows backward. 

There is not an acre of her surface which does not, in its wild 
state, produce something of value which can be turned into cash 
on the markets of the world. 

Her agricultural lands cover an area of more than twenty-five 
millions of acres, only about one-third of which are now under 
cultivation. 

Her lands which are especially adapted to fruit growing com- 
prise nearly twenty million acres, and not one-twentieth are now 
utilized for that purpose. 

More than seven million acres contain valuable minerals, 
almost entirely undeveloped, and much of it never having been 
prospected. 

In a coal field underlying nearly five million acres and yield- 
ing a quality of smokeless coal generally considered equal, and by 
some superior, to Pennsylvania hard coal, hardly a score of mines 
are operated. 

Her timber land originally covered almost the entire thirty- 
three million acres comprising the State, and there is enough mer- 
chantable timber now standing, which, if manufactured into lum- 
ber and sold at market price, would produce funds sufficient to 
buy and pay for all the farming land in our sister State of Kansas 
at assessed valuation. 

Four million acres contain valuable architectural stone and 
clays, and it is almost untouched. 

A few of our medicinal springs are improved, and nearly an 
hundred thousand of the world's afflicted make annual pilgrimages 
to Arkansas to partake of their health and life-giving waters. 



More than three thousand miles of majestic, navigable rivers, 
almost entirely unimproved today, are destined to be converted 
into ship canals and commerce carriers, their immeasurable power 
utilized, and their banks lined by thousands of factories ere the 
passing of the present generation. 

With all these unused and undeveloped possessions, Arkansas 
invites the farmer, the fruit grower, the miner, the manufacturer, 
the merchant, the capitalist, the professional man, the invalid, the 
industrious, the enterprising, the deserving of all vocations, to 
come and build their homes. Come! She will do you good! 




Sectionized, topographical roller map of Arkansas, size 40 x 44 inches This is the most 
comprehensive and complete map of thpe State ever compiled. Special Land Grant map of 
Arkansas. Pocket Form. 

THE FOLLOWING PAMPHLETS 

When ordered singly, will be sent free to any address. When full set or more than one copy 
is desired, two cents for each copy should be enclosed to pay cost of transmission : 

A FRUITFUL HAND. 

ARKANSAS' FILLS THE BILL. 

THE WORLDS ORCHARD. 

ARKANSAS AS AN AGRICULTURAL STATE. 

STOCK RAISING IN ARKANSAS. 

MINERAL WEALTH OF ARKANSAS. 

TIMBER RESOURCES OF ARKANSAS. 

NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. 

GET A HOME IN ARKANSAS. 

THE ARKANSAS VALLEY 

SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. 



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NOTE— To those who desire to subscribe for an Agricultural Paper, published in this State, we take 
pleasure in recommending the ARKANSAS HOMESTEAD, published monthly in Little Rock. Sub- 
scription price. 50 cents per year. Sample copy sent free on application to the publisher. 



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GENERAL AGENT 



E. S. GRONK... 



'DISTRICT AGENTS 

RICHARD JACKSON Paragould, Ark. J. W. GHEEK-™.^- 

V. M. THRELKELD - Conway, Ark. 



LOCATING AGENTS- 



E. N. ROYAL ...^.-^ 
S. G. DOWELL .=. 

F. M. HAM 

H. N. BEAM- 

W. G. CALDWELL.. 



.=. Piggott, Ark. 

■Walnut Ridge, Ark. 

Moorefield, Ark. 

- Beebe, Ark. 

- Searcy, Ark. 

Benton, Ark. 



W. L. COOPER 

J. P. MELLARD......===-.__Hot- Springs, Ark. 

A. M. CROW .- — Arkadelphia. Ark. 

J. P. KING ._., 




H. B. McKENZIE-^ 
JOHN W. YOES.....^ 

S. CARRIGAN -.- 

W. H. DUNCAN 

N. T. HAWKINS 

R. B. WILSON 

C. ELSKEN 

H. A. ALLISON -...- 
„...-. Ozark, Ark. 



St. Louis, Mp. 
,=.,..^^. Little Rock 



===^- Prescott, Ark. 
-Van Buren, Ark. 

-=. Hope, Ark. 

Conway, Ark. 

Morrilton, Ark. 

-Russellville, Ark. 

,..„ Paris, Ark. 

.„.Glarksville,'Ark. 



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ties contentplating taking a trip and cheerfully furnish them lowest rates of fare, maps, guides, 
time tables, etc., or they may be addressed as follows: 



Atchison. Kan .C. F. Lechler 

Boston. Mass., 192 Washington St. . . . 

1 .ouis \V. Ewald 

Chattanooga. Tenn., 16 E, Eighth St. . 

j. E. Rehlander 

Chicago, 111. Ill .^dams St 

Ellis Farnsworrh 

Cincinnati. O.. 401) Walnut St 

\. h. Gallagher 

Detroit. ,\lich.. V-' Cauipii!. Martius 

: II I). Armstrong 

Indianapolis, Ind,. U..,.ir 2.1.1, Scnlinel 

Building (. A A IX-.iiK-. Jr. 

Kansas City. Mo.. 901 .M.uii Si C i: Styles 
Kansas City. Mo., (/.ii Main Si .J II. Lyon 
Kansas City. Mc. 901 Main St.,.i:, S. Jewctt 

Leavenworth, Kan P. C. Lyon 

Lincoln. Nch . xoyj O St F. P. Cornell 



CHAS. S. CLARKE, C. G. WARNER. 

Vice President, Vice President. 

ST. LOUIS. MO. 

A. C. BIRD, Vice President. 
CHICAGO, ILL. 

A. W. SULLIVAN. General Manager. 
ST. LOUIS. MO. 



Louisville, Ky., 202 Equitable Building 

R. T! G. Matthews 

Memphis. Tenn.. 314 Main St.H D. Wilson 
New York City, 335 Broadway. W. E. Hoyt 
Omaha. Meb., corner 14th and Douglas 

Sts Thos. F. Godfrey 

Pittsburg. Pa., Room 905, Park Build- 
ing John R. James 

St Joseph, Mo., 602 Edmond St 

Benton Quick 

Scdalia, Mo J- W. McQain 

St Louis, Mo B. H; Payne 

St. Louis. Mo.. 6th and Olive. C B. Gaussen 



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